Stucky: Spirit Voices - Pinturas de Tamayo - Concerto for Orchestra No. 2
4/27/2011, 15 Tracks, 1:08:46
Featuring
Lan Shui
Evelyn Glennie
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Steven Stucky
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Recording & Production
This album features world première recordings of the works by Steven Stucky, and was recorded in the presence of the composer.
Performer Biography
Dame Evelyn Glennie has received over 80 international awards, including being appointed an OBE in 1993 and promoted to 'Dame Commander' (DBE) in 2007.
Performer Biography
Dame Evelyn Glennie is the first person in musical history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Steven Stucky considers composers like Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartók, Sibelius, Ravel, and Berg as his 'household gods' and founders of the great 20th-century musical traditions.
Performer Biography
Lan Shui, the conductor, has been the music director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since 1997 and is passionate about premiering and commissioning works by Asian and Singaporean composers.
Composer Biography
Steven Stucky, the composer, had a 21-year partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, first as composer-in-residence and later as consulting composer for new music.
Composition History
Steven Stucky's Second Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, earned him the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in music.
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